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Designing for Read-Scaling with ProxySQL
Updated May 4, 2026
Short answer
Using an intelligent proxy for query routing and caching.
Deep explanation
ProxySQL can route traffic based on regex (e.g., all SELECTs to slaves) and provide connection pooling and query caching.
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